Midsummer’s Eve is celebrated on Yle’s channels with traditional midsummer dances.
Radio Finland’s midsummer dances are hosted by Hanna Kataja-Rahko and Jenna Bågeberg. Over
On Midsummer’s Eve, we dance at Yle. To be shown on TV1 and Radio Finland Radio Suomen Midsummer Dances – broadcast can be seen for the second year in a row. This year’s star performers will be heard Kake Randelin and Popeda.
On television, the broadcast starts at 20:45 and lasts for an hour and a half. On the radio side, the schedule is different: Midsummer dances start immediately after the evening news at nine and continue until half past twelve, with breaks in between for news and weather broadcasts.
In previous years, the audience of Midsummer programs has been upset that the television broadcast is shorter than the radio broadcast. Radio Suomen’s editorial manager Ollie Junes explains the pattern in more detail to Iltalehti.
– A midsummer dance broadcast is planned for television, which includes 45-minute parts of the concerts of two top artists. It’s about a set of programs made for television with shows and interviews, so it’s not just a concert recording. The artists are aware that their shows will be broadcast for 45 minutes, so they have also planned their performances accordingly, Junes clarifies.
Along with Popeda, Kake Randelin is the second midsummer dancer of the evening. Juha metso / AOP
On the radio side, the program is heard in its entirety, but due to the news, traffic reports and weather reports according to the program schedule, the broadcast is interrupted and slightly behind. Those who like live broadcasting should therefore open their television receiver, even if you can’t watch the dances there until the end. If the TV viewer moves to the radio side after the broadcast ends, he may hear the same events again due to the delay.
– The radio’s delay is due to the fact that we want to offer the radio’s listeners a complete package, despite Radio Suomen’s other program content and obligations. Radio and television broadcasts are different products, so they are not meant to be completely in sync with each other, says Junes.
– The public typically expects dance music and a program suitable for the midsummer mood from us at Midsummer. I’m glad that Radio Suomen Midsummer dances can meet exactly this wish.
The transmission is piloted Hanna Kataja-Rahko and Jenna Bågeberg.
Radio Suomen Midsummer Dances today on TV1 at 20:45 & Areena & Radio Suomen. See all TV programs and broadcast times in Telku’s TV guide.